PARIS MOU Results first year Maritime Labour Convention
_x000D_ 20 August 2014 marked the first anniversary of the entry into force of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC, 2006). During these first 12 months 113 ships were detained by one of the Paris MoU Authorities for MLC-related deficiencies. This represents 17.4% of the total number of detentions (649) in the Paris MoU during this […]
SOLAS amendments to make IGF Code mandatory approved by Maritime Safety Committee
IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC), which met at the Organization’s London headquarters for its 94th session, from 17 to 21 November 2014, approved draft SOLAS amendments to make mandatory the International Code of Safety for Ships using Gases or other Low- flashpoint Fuels (IGF Code); adopted other SOLAS amendments; continued its work on its action […]
IMO adopts mandatory Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters
_x000D_ The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has adopted the International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (Polar Code), and related amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) to make it mandatory, marking an historic milestone in the Organization’s work to protect ships and people aboard them, both seafarers […]
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ICS Concern about Serious Threat to Maritime Oil Pollution Compensation Regime
The smooth running of the well-established global regime for compensation from oil pollution from ships may be under serious threat, due to a decision by governments to wind up the 1971 International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund (IOPCF), says the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), the global trade association for shipowners. _x000D_ At next week’s IOPCF […]
Draft Polar Code approved by IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee
A key step on the way to a mandatory Polar Code for ships operating in Arctic and Antarctic waters has been reached with the approval by the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) of the environmental provisions in the draft International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (the Polar […]
IMO’s environment committee addresses implementation issues as ballast water management treaty nears entry into force
Measures to assist in accelerating the entry into force and implementation of the key international convention designed to eradicate the global spread of harmful organisms in ships’ ballast water were adopted by the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), when it met for its 67th session (13 to 17 October […]
Mandatory electronic information exchange on horizon following revised FAL Convention approval
The Facilitation Committee (FAL), meeting for its 39th session, approved a revised annex to the Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic (FAL), 1965, as amended, following a comprehensive five-year review aimed at modernizing the Convention. To be circulated with a view to adoption at the Committee’s next session (FAL 40, scheduled for March/April 2016), […]
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